1883.] MR. A. G. BUTLER ON INDIAN LEPIDOPTERA. 163 



85. COSMOPHILA XANTHINDYMA. 



(S . 'Cosmophila xanthindyma, Boisduval, Faune de Madag. pi. 13. 

 fig. 7 (1833). 



2. Cosmophila indica, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 39(5, n. 1256 

 (1852). 



" d' , Solun ; $ , common at Mhow during September." — C iS. 



Of the male Colonel Swiuhoe sajs, " also taken at Mhow in 

 October." 



86. Gonitis mesogona. 



Gonitis mesogona, Walker, C&t. Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1002, n. 10 

 (1857). 



Solun, in July. 



87. Gonitis involuta. 



Gonitis involuta, Walker, Cat. Lep. Het. xiii. p. 1003, n. 12 

 (1857). 



" Nilgherries ; also taken at Kunachee in June." — C. S. 



88. POLYDESMA LAUDULA. 



Polydesma laudula, Guenee, Noct. ii. p. 441, n. 1313 (1852). 

 "Depalpur, November 1881 ; taken also at Mhow in Septem- 

 ber."— C. S. 



89. Lophoptera costata. 

 Lophoptera costata, Moore, MS. 

 •' Dharmsala, in August." — C S. 



This species is in Mr. Hocking's collection ; the specimen sent by 

 Colonel Swinhoe has lost its abdomen and antennae. 



90. Gyrtona chalybea, sp. n. 



Primaries smoky grey with steel-blue reflections, spotted and stria- 

 ted with blackish ; a spot on the reniform marking (which is outlined 

 in black) and two parallel discal series of subconfluent spots golden 

 cupreous ; a brown submarginal stripe and a marginal series of black 

 dashes ; fringe whitish, traversed by two slender blackish lines : 

 secondaries with the basal half opaline, hyaline white, with black 

 veins ; external half dark brown ; fringe pure white, traversed by a 

 blackish stripe : thorax blackish ; abdomen smoky grey. Wings below 

 opaline white, veins blackish ; a broad external dark-brown border ; 

 costal area of primaries blackish ; four white dots on the costal 

 margin beyond the cell ; body below white ; legs greyish above. 

 Expanse of wings 33 mm. 



" Solun, in September ; also taken there in August." — C. S. 



Although Walker places this genus in the Phycidse, it differs but 

 little from Steiria. 



